Hello there! We're the Long ladies... the mother & daughters team behind marie-madeline studio. Our first exclusive sewing patterns debuted in 2008! We now have an online shop featuring marie-madeline sewing patterns, some of our favorite fabric lines, and ready-made goodies handcrafted right here in our home studio. We hope to use this blog to share decorating ideas, projects, and recipes with you, as well as updates on our newest designs... enjoy!

The Long ladies strive toward modesty in today's inmodest world.

This is something to be recognized!

They have so many nice things in their shop!

Stop by and check them out-maybe you'll see something you will really like!

They are having a sale of 25% off through the 19th of November. So go ahead and get your own

Red Rose Farm instead of waiting til December-if that is what you wish:)

{if you do buy some-you get 5 extra entries to win-just leave a comment and I will check with them to see that you made an order}

Oh and they have free shipping for all US customers - just use the code GIFTS at the checkout! Offer ends November 30th!

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Now to the giveaway:

Giveaway starts November 15th

and ends

December 5th at Midnight.

Howdoyouwin?

{Be sure to leave a way for me to contact you if you win.}

First Entry:

{Mandatory}

♥Become a follower of

♥Happy Homemaker and Momma♥

and post a comment saying that you are a follower, already a follower? just leave a comment stating so

{It is really easy to become a follower and you don't have to have a blog to be one

you can sign up with your email}

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{Just Click "Join or Sign In" into Google Friend Connect

you will find it on right sidebar or at the top of my blog}

This way you will have updates

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you will know if you have won : )

Just joining in?Extra Entries are available to all who arefollowers no matter what date for theentry saysHAVE FUN!!

Extra Entries:

{11-15}1st Extra Entry-Tell me what you will make out of the Fat Quarters if you win!

I think I might make a quilt out of mine : ){11-16} 2nd Extra Entry- Go over to Marie Madeline Studios and tell me something that you like from their shop; a pattern, material-anything that you likeI shared mine above-I really like their skirt patternsand really want to get one of my own ; )

{Be sure to leave your comment below}{11-17} 3rd Extra Entry- I need some assistance in making a decision;
should I keep my store as "A Virtuous Woman Shop" and keep the
Strivingtobeavirtuouswoman.blogspot, or should I move my store over here
and just use it as "Happy Homemaker & Momma Shop"?
Or do you have any other ideas?
Thank you so much for your help!{11-18} 4th Extra Entry- Tell me what you are looking forward to most about Thanksgiving-Me I am looking forward to seeing family and getting a "vacation"{11-19} 5th Extra Entry- Go to any DIY or crafting site and leave a link
to this giveaway-spread the word....and I will give you 1 entry per comment left
{leave link to blog that you left comment-please}{11-20} 6th Extra Entry- I am looking for other blogs to guest post-
do you have a DIY tutorial, Photo Tip, Bible Study Post you would like to share?
Leave a link in your comment : ) and we will see what we can work out
{topics include crafts-recipes-Bible-photo taking tips}{11-21} 7th Extra Entry- Blog-Facebook-Twitter about the giveaway
{1 entry for each and be sure to leave a link in your post as well as in your comment}{11-22} 8th Extra Entry- Tell me the one of your favorite Bible Stories
One of my favorites is the story of Ruth and Boaz{11-23} 9th Extra Entry- Finish this statement:
"If I had a pineapple...."
*I did have pineapple and I gave the juice and the pineapple chunks to my
strep throat/scarlet fevered son-he really enjoyed it-I am so glad he did!{11-24} 10th Extra Entry- Finish this statement:
"I thank God for........"
*I thank God for my salvation, my family, His provisions, the small things that He does for us,
and the list can go on-the Lord is just too good to me!{11-25} 11th Extra Entry- Happy Thanksgiving-if you are reading this today-Thursday
November 25th you get one entry for free-just leave a comment below
after that go enjoy your family
and be sure to have a happy heart
and be thankful for God's bounty to you.{11-26}12th Extra Entry- Post you greatest deal that you have recently gotten-
Mine: My husbands Christmas gift was worth $220.92 and I paid $80.00 {this includes shipping}
so what is your deal?{11-27} 13th Extra Entry- Yesterday was "Black Friday" tell me what you did yesterday...{11-28} 14th Extra Entry- Share one of your favorite Hymns{11-29} 15th Extra Entry- Tell me something that you would like to see
here on Happy Homemaker & Momma{11-30} 16th Extra Entry- If you could have anything what would it be?{12-1} 17th Extra Entry- It is the first day of December only a few weeks before January 1st-tell me your
goal for next year-something that you want to accomplish or do{12-2} 18th Extra Entry- Blog, tweet or facebook about the giveaway, be sure to
leave a link in your comment.{12-3} 19th Extra Entry- Share a blog or a recipe or a link to a great tip
{leave link in comment box}{12-4} 20th Extra Entry-Share something about yourself-a quirk-a pet peeve-
a favorite blog or website etc..{12-5} Last Entry For Giveaway- Share a story in which you served someone elseout of desire-not of need or duty

♥Check back at this post

EVERDAY

for additional entries!♥

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Nitty Gritty:
*Contest will be open until Midnight EST on Sunday, December 5th. Contest is open to US residents only. I have the right to deny any comment that is inappropriate or questionable {this includes abbreviations of words that are inappropriate} I will also check to be sure that you are a follower before I award you the giveaway.

*The winner will be randomly selected from random.org and announced on this blog on Monday, December 6th. I will also contact the winner-so be sure to leave your contact information. Winner will then have 24 hours to contact me by email or leaving a comment. If winner doesn't respond in 24 hours a new winner will be chosen.

I am excited to share Thanksgiving with my family and my Dad, he lives around the country so we don't see each other much. This will be the first Thanksgiving in 5 years that I will be with my fam. Very thankful for that!

Thank you for your sweet comment on Patchwork Collaborative! It was such an encouragement to me. I enjoyed perusing your blog and I just LOVE your shop! I am now a very happy follower :) Thanks for the invitation!

When my parents moved away a few years ago I started having Thanksgiving with my best friend's family. I look forward to hanging out with her and her husband and her son now every year. It's super casual but I love it!

i've recently come to really love the story of creation - reading it through the bible and then reading through what CS Lewis writes in the first book of the Chronicles of Narnia can really give me goosebumps!

Hmmm my favorite Bible story...there are so many...the woman at the well. How Jesus loved the most "unlovable" woman in the town. She accepted and believed in Jesus and RAN to tell others what had happened. Oh, to keep the joy of my salvation and RUN to tell others of Jesus' love!

If I had a pineapple....and it was hand delivered by my friend from Maui I would carefully trim the sides of the pineapple on a cookie sheet to save any of the delicious juice, core it and then chunk it into a bowl and dig in. Yummm I can taste it now!

"Oh what a happy soul am I although I cannot see, I am resolved that in this world contented I shall be. How many blessings I enjoy that other people don't. To weep and sigh, because I'm blind? I cannot and I won't."- Fanny Crosby

Personally I would rather name it Striving To Be a Virtuous Woman than A Virtuous Woman. But that makes it kind of long... maybe Happy Homemaker & Momma Shop is the way to go... Just my opinion, mind you! :o)

A deal I've recently gotten? I wanted to purchase some hand lotion at a store but they were all out. The owner said, "Here, take this purse size free and I'll have the bottles in within 2 weeks." Awful nice, eh?

If I had a pineapple, I'd ask the produce man to core it for me. Then, after eating all the good stuff, and drinking the juice at the bottom of the container, I'd chew on the core for a while. I love it that much!

Well, I"ve SEEN a bargain, and may be buying it yet this weekend... a large Gidget II sewing table for my Pfaff machine. It's regularly priced at $200, and it's online for $150 with free shipping. I think I may go for it.